(a) whether National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has taken up electrification of
remote villages under the mission `Rural Electrification Supply Technology` based on renewable
energy sources in different States;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether inaccessible and remote tribal villages in Karnataka would also be covered
under the mission; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER ( SHRI SUSHILKUMAR SHINDE )
(a) & (b) : No, Sir. However, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has taken up
implementation of 17 Distributed Generation (DG) Projects for electrification of remote villages
through renewable energy sources. Projects have been taken up with 90% financial grant from
Ministry of Power for 14 projects which are pilot projects, from Ministry of Science &
Technology for two projects and from Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. for one project. Balance
10% funding is from NTPC-Foundation which is set up by NTPC to address niche domains of
socio-economic initiatives. Eight (8) DG projects have been commissioned so far and nine (9)
are expected to be commissioned during this financial year 2007-08.
Projects commissioned
States No. of DG Projects
Uttar Pradesh 03 Rajasthan 01 Chhattisgarh 04
Projects under implementation
States No. of DG Projects
Uttar Pradesh 03 Madhya Pradesh 05 Chhattisgarh 01